Tool



Patented Aug. 28, i923.

i einen stares EDWARD E. CEEA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TDGR.

.application filed February 27, 1922. Serial Eo. 539,680.

My invention relates to improvements in tools, and more particularlyto'an improved wrench for removing the caps of Mason jars and the'like,and which may also be used for various other purposes, as .for removingcorks and crown caps, from bottles, opening cans, cracking nuts, etc.@ne of the objects of my invention is to provide a tool as abovedescribed, having means for adjusting the object-gripping portionsthereof so that various sizes of objects may be handled thereby.. Theinvention has among its other objects the production of a device of thekind described which is simple, convenient, coinpact, economical,durable, reliable and satisfactory for use wherever found applicable..Many other objects and advantages oi the construction herein shown anddescribed will be obvious to those skilled in the art from thedisclosure herein given. i

To this end my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangementand com bination of parts herein shown and described, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claim.

lin the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like orcorresponding parts,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substan tially on the line 2-2 of Fig.l.; i,

Fig. 3 is a section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and lFig. 4 is a section taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

ln the drawings, wherein l have illustrated the preferred embodiment ofmy invention, there is shown a wrench comprising a pair of members 1 and2 -pivotall and adjustably connected together. Fac of said members esillustrated has a handle portion 3, a jaw or head portion 4 and alaterally oli?- set portion 5 and 6, on the members 1 and 2respectively, beyond said head portions.

The head portions are formed with arcuate' recesses 7, so'that when theparts 1 and are 4ivotally assembled as shown, the registering recesses7-7 will form an ob ect-receiv- -ing' opening therebetween. In or er tomore tirmly grip the obj heads 4 of the too the bounding gripping edgesof the recesses have serrations or teeth 8 formed therealong, as shownmore clearly in Fig. 1. It will be noted that these teeth are not sharp,but ilat so that they will firmly grip the cover without denting ormarring it. One or more preferably smaller auxiliary object-receivingopenings may be formed between the recesses 7 7 and the offsetextensions 5 and 6 by forming pairs olf' cooperating recesses 9-9 withteeth thereon similar to themain recesses Zr-''.

@ne of offset extensions, as for instance the part 5, has an elongatedslot or opening 10 therethrough, and opening into said slot are a seriesor spaced offset notches ll. A pin 12 is secured to the other extendingpart 6, said pin being slidable in the slot l() so that itA may be movedinto either oi the notches 11. The pivotal connection may be `located asdesired and be ot any preferable construction. Thus there is provided anadjustably pivotal connection at one end whereby the object-receivingopeningsv may be enlarged or decreased in size to accommodate thevarious sizes of objects to be gripped betryeen the gripping edges ofthe jaws.

The purpose of the auxiliary opening 9, 9 is to remove small caps orcovers from bottles or jars, or any other type of container andto'remove corks or the like therefrom, and they may also be used tor thepurpose of cracking the shells of nuts, it so desired.

ect between the jaws or A bottle-opening prog or hook 13 may be formedat one end of the recess 'l' in one of the members, as shown, in themember 2, whereby crown caps or the like may be removed. A can openerknife blade 15 may be secured to the inner edge of one of the cured tosaid handle in any well known man-- ner, as by welding, or by .a rivet16 as shown. The can opener does not interfere with the other uses ofthe device, as it is on the inner side ofthe handles. A knife Sharpener17 and a cork screw 18 may also be secured on the handle portion of thedevice, preferably on the inner side thereof, as shown.

ln order to reinforce or stitlen the operating handles and the heads ofthe tool, there is provided a flange 14 bounding the edges of saidparts. This also makes the devlce more comfortable in the hand. Thusthere is provided a tool which is extremely strong and sturdy inconstruction, easy to operate, and

handles, if so desired, said blade being sethe preferred embodiment ofthe invention which may be adjusted to accommodate various sizes ofMason -ars, caps, corks or the like, and which may a be used for thepurpose ot cracking nuts and removing crown caps from bottles or openingtin or like cans.

.While the parts are pivotally and adjustably connected together, 1twill be noted that in iting myself to the exact form, construction,

arrangement and combination ot parts herein shown and described, or usesmentioned. What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

, lin a tool ot the kind described and in combination, a pair ofsheetimetal members each comprising a handle, a jaw portion, and

a portion beyond said .jaw extending lateraliy thereof, each of said jawportions having-a main and an auxiliary arcua recess formed therein,those of one gaw registering meente with those oit the other so thatwhen assembled there will be formed a plurality of pairs of spacedobject-receiving gripping openings between the registering recesses ofboth members, said recesses having serrated edges, one of said laterallyextending portions beyond the jaw having an elongated slotlongitudinally thereof with a series of notches oi'settherefrom andcommunicating therewith, the other of said longitudinally extendingportions having a pin slidably engageablein said slot and movable intoeither ot said notches, whereby said object-receiving recesses may beadjustably varied in size, said members provided with a flange along thebounding edges oi" said handle portions to form a channeland providedwith a flange along the outer edgesof the jaw portion so 'that saidportion will be reinforced and suitable tools may be carried by saidhandles.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD E. erna.

Witnesses:

Roy W. HILL, H. C. JACOBS.

